Retail sales in Beijing continued to increase, up by 5.6% year-on-year (YoY) to RMB525.7 billion in the first half of 2017. Online retail sales also continued to record strong growth momentum, registering a 15.4% YoY increase to RMB94.9 billion, and accounting for 18.1% of total retail sales during the same period.

Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, is China’s western economic centre. Benefitting from central government’s "Go West" policy launched in 2000, the city’s economy expanded greatly despite seeing a slowdown due to the global financial crisis and the Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008. Economic growth recovered thereafter then slowed in response to the nationwide economic slowdown from 2013 to 2015. Chengdu’s GDP increased by 8.2% year-on-year (YoY) to RMB611.1 billion i

Guangzhou, known as the nation’s commodity trade centre, is home to the largest trade fair in China – "The Canton Fair". The Canton Fair is held twice a year and attracts merchants from around the world. These merchants and wholesalers fill up retail streets across the city, offering an array of goods and specialty items. The festival reflects the Guangzhou retail market’s ongoing significance.

Several critical factors continue to propel Hong Kong’s residential market forwards including negative real interest rates, a buoyant Hang Seng Index, limited availability of stock and ample liquidity alongside attractive mortgage packages offered by banks. Volumes in the luxury (1,000 sq ft plus) bracket have picked up over the past quarter in both Hong Kong Island and Kowloon partly due to new project launches but equally to an active secondary market. Across the market as a whole, ho

Jakarta is Indonesia’s economic powerhouse, priding itself on being the nation’s main commercial, political and business hub. Jakarta follows a similar trajectory to Indonesia’s GDP growth rate and has even historically maintained figures higher than Indonesia. Its annual GDP growth rate for the second quarter of 2017 sat at 5.96%, outperforming Indonesia’s result of 5.01%. Such performance is due in large part to the city’s improved household consumption in ligh

Based on the Korea Appraisal Board (KAB) data in June 2017, 1/F rents in the top five retail areas for mid-size buildings have shown a divergent performance. Retail rents in Myeongdong and Gangnamdaero recorded steady growth from 2014 to mid 2016, but have recorded slight downward movement since 2016. Meanwhile retail rents for Hongdae-Hapjung increased due to new recreational facilities and improved infrastructure.

Shanghai’s, and indeed China’s, residential market has once again defied many market commentators’ expectations over the last two years by recording a staggering 50% growth in pricing. This has brought average pricing to RMB48,000 per sq m by Q2/2017, while some of the most expensive units have traded at more than RMB200,000 per sq m. First-hand average transaction prices are now 360% more expensive than they were ten years ago.

Shenzhen is the second largest economy in Guangdong Province and the fourth largest in China. It is one of two key mainland cities in Guangdong’s Big Bay Area, which includes nine mainland cities and two Special Administrative Regions: Hong Kong and Macau. Shenzhen was granted China’s first ‘Special Economic Zone’ status in the late 1970s. This status, along with Shenzhen’s strategic location, allowed it to become China’s leading manu

Following the termination of the Financial Investor Scheme (FIS) in Singapore in April 2012, high end residential sales have been in decline. The FIS provided investors with an alternative route to gain Singapore Permanent Residency (PR) status and as such created demand for high-end real estate.